10-04-2015, 04:37 PM
(10-04-2015, 02:45 PM)GMDino Wrote: None that I am aware of. However it was common knowledge in the parish and never denied.
So then not the same sort of situation. Rumors and what is perceived as common knowledge is one thing. If any of them were to make a public announcement about it I'd bet the reaction would be similar. The Church has a long history of ignoring things like that, including homosexuality, unless it becomes a black eye to them. And sometimes even then they tend to be slow moving. But regardless of all of that, all of those priests, and the one in the OP, are not living up to the vows taken as members of the clergy. Really, it is no different than Kim Davis. In both situations someone has taken an oath to do a job and fulfill certain obligations. By violating the oath they can, and should, be dismissed.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
